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24 alternatives to GitQuill – free cross-platform GUI for Git, inspired by GitKraken

Cross-platform GUI for Git. Built with Monaco Editor and Electron. - adamsol/GitQuill

GitQuill is a free, cross-platform graphical interface for Git version control. Designed for developers who prefer visual tools over command-line operations, it offers an alternative to similar applications like… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GitQuill – free cross-platform GUI for Git, inspired by GitKraken launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Sublime Merge – A Git client from the makers of Sublime Text▲935

   Discover a powerful Git GUI Client for Mac, Windows and Linux, from the makers of Sublime Text. Line-by-line Staging. Commit Editing. Unmatched Performance.

   2018 · sublimemerge.com · its alternatives →

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   Abstract▲837

   Design collaboration without the chaos

   2017 · abstract.com · its alternatives →

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   GitLaw▲312

   Git for legal docs with open-source free legal templates

   2024 · git.law · its alternatives →

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   Git Sketch Plugin▲485

   Version control for designers

   2016 · mathieudutour.github.io · its alternatives →

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   I made a tool that made me faster at Git▲551

   simple terminal UI for git commands. Contribute to jesseduffield/lazygit development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Github for Designers▲409

   2012 · pixelapse.com · its alternatives →

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   GitUp▲275

   The Git interface you've been missing all your life

   2015 · gitup.co · its alternatives →

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   Tangled – Git collaboration platform built on atproto▲173

   The next-generation social coding platform.

   2025 · blog.tangled.sh · its alternatives →

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   Gitlogue – A terminal tool that replays your Git commits with animation▲159

   Gitlogue is a CLI that turns your Git commits into a typing-style replay. It visualizes diffs line by line, shows the file tree, and plays back each edit as if it were typed in real time. Key points • Realistic typing animation • Syntax-highlighted diffs • File-tree view • Replay any commit • Self-contained CLI Demo video is in the README. Repo: https://github.com/unhappychoice/gitlogue

   Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitBook – Build beautiful programming books using GitHub and Markdown▲442

    GitBook is a knowledge platform that connects your docs, product and users, answers user questions, and identifies knowledge gaps. Docs-as-code support & AI insights included.

    2014 · gitbook.io · its alternatives →

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    Cross-Platform GitHub Action▲76

    I've created a GitHub Action for running commands on multiple platforms. This includes platforms that GitHub Actions don't natively support. It currently supports FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. OpenBSD can run on x86-64 and ARM64, the other operating systems run on x86-64. Some of the features that are supported include: * Multiple operating system with one single action * Multiple versions of each operating system * Allows to use default shell or Bash shell * Low boot overhead * Fast execution * Runs on both macOS and Linux runners Compared to similar solutions like…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I created a cross-platform GUI for the JJ VCS (Git compatible)▲140

    Personally, I think the JJ VCS (https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj) hit a point some time in this past year where I find it hard to find a great reason to continue using git. Over the years I've cobbled together aliases and bash functions to try to improve my git workflow, but after using jj, which works with ~any git repo and integrates great with Github repos, all of the workflow issues I ran into with git are not only solved, but improved in ways I couldn't manage with simple scripts. One example is the op log, which lets you go to any point in your repo's time and provides…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    GitNFT▲311

    Autograph and sell your GitHub commits as NFTs

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    I made a git rebase TUI editor▲115

    I use interactive rebase quite often, and particularly like the editor bundled with IntelliJ. But I do not always work with IntelliJ, and am not 'fluent' with Vim, so I tried to replicate roughly the same rebase experience within a TUI. I used a small TUI OCaml project i made last year. The notable features are: - Move commits up and down, fixup, drop - Rename commits from the editor (without having to stop for a reword during the rebase run) - Visualize modified files along commits - 'Explode' a commit ,creating a commit for each modified file (a thing I found myself doing quite often)…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gitter – Chat for GitHub▲243

    2013 · gitter.im · its alternatives →

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    GitKraken Client▲186

    Legendary Git client with an intuitive GUI & powerful CLI

    2017 · gitkraken.com · its alternatives →

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    Whole Git repo was made with ChatGPT▲231

    A repository fully generated by ChatGPT making it believed it checked out a this repository which I described like the first line of the README. - vrescobar/chatGPT-python-elm

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitKraken's DevEx Platform▲163

    Boost your Git workflows, wherever you code

    2024 · gitkraken.com · its alternatives →

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    Rebase-editor, a simple CLI app specifically for Git interactive rebase▲62

    Simple terminal based sequence editor for git interactive rebase. - sjurba/rebase-editor

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitScrum Studio for IDE▲69

    Full project management inside VS Code, Cursor & Windsurf

    Feb 2026 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    A chat client built on git▲81

    Contribute to staab/git-chat development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fork▲170

    Fast and friendly git client for Mac and Windows

    2018 · git-fork.com · its alternatives →

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    GitSavvy, Git integration in Sublime including per-line staging▲126

    Full git and GitHub integration with Sublime Text. Contribute to timbrel/GitSavvy development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ReGit – A Tiny Git-Compatible Git Implementation▲96

    ReGit: A Tiny Git-Compatible Git Implementation. Contribute to WithGJR/regit-go development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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